Student Population at LEC

Total Enrollment

1,108

Undergraduate

941

Graduate

167

Online Enrollment

295

Men Students

538

Women Students

570

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 1,108 students have enrolled at Lake Erie College - 941 undergraduate and 167 graduate.

By gender, 538 male and 570 female students are attending Lake Erie College. By attendance status, there are 936 full-time students and 172 part-time students.

The number of students at Lake Erie College is small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Ohio. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Heidelberg University and Lourdes University, its population is small (average population is 1,714).

Lake Erie College offers online degree/certificate programs and 295 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares LEC's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Ohio.

LEC has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 1,714 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Ohio average (1,871 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Lake Erie College	1,108	941	167
Similarly Ranked Schools	1,714	1,489	225
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Ohio	1,871	1,601	510

The below chart compares the student population between Lake Erie College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 538 male and 570 female students attending LEC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.94 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at LEC.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at LEC
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	941	852	89
Men	454	411	43
Women	487	441	46

Population by Gender/Attending Status at LEC
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	167	84	83
Men	84	36	48
Women	83	48	35

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 671 White students (60.56%) and 201 Black or African American students (18.14%) at Lake Erie College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Lake Erie College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Lake Erie College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	10	5	5
Asian	10	6	4
Black or African American	187	121	66
Hispanic	35	16	19
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	567	235	332
Two or More Races	22	12	10
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	83	40	43
Total	941	454	487

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Lake Erie College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	0
Asian	3	0	3
Black or African American	14	14	0
Hispanic	5	0	5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	104	49	55
Two or More Races	3	2	1
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	25	10	15
Total	167	84	83

Online Student Population

At Lake Erie College, 846 students (76.35% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 295 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 91 students live in Ohio where Lake Erie College is located in and 196 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	1,108	941	167
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	295	207	88
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	551	518	33
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	262	216	46

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	295	207	88
Ohio Residents	91	25	66
Other State in U.S.	196	181	15
Outside of U.S.	7	0	7
Unknown	1	1	0